The challenge to contain Chinese threat is immense, if only because that country is more powerful and wealthy than India. But one feels reasonably sure that in another ‘9 years’ from today India will find itself on firm footing for anyone to even dare write any ‘plan to balkanise’ the country.

Though feed-readers to this blog are steadily increasing, I feel guilty for not writing posts for a long time. This would perhaps have continued for some more time had it not for the fact that I somehow felt compelled to pen my thoughts on the failure of the left parties in the elections just gone. […]

The year gone by was so eventful that I instinctively waited for the last day to pass and then another before venturing to write about it. I’d say I’m rewarded for holding patience a tad bit longer for otherwise I could have missed mentioning the historic landslide win of the Awami League alliance in neighboring […]

[Image source] The spectacular debacle of the world financial order will resonate longer than we can imagine. Experts say India may not suffer beyond some deep cuts and bruises from the catastrophe precipitated by the greedy US financial institutes. And that will be for the reason that India is not yet highly exposed to the […]

The debate has begun in earnest…whether Nano factory would have been good for the state. In teashops and street-corners animated discussions could be seen that catch the mood of ordinary people on the street. In one such where I chanced upon, the prominent view was that nothing much would happen if Nano moved out from […]

September 2008 will go down in the history of the nation as the month when India finally received waiver from the 45-nation strong Nuclear Suppliers Group for dealing and trading in nuclear fuel. India’s admission to the ‘august’ group seems to have great portents that will gradually unfold as against the solution of more pronounced […]